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Object Number 78-5-30/16774
Display Title Scarf?, apron, or breech cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cloth, woven brown strip with feathered fringe at ends
Classification
  • Clothing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Carib
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Brazil / Amazonas
Additional Geographic Terms Rio Janapery
Dimensions Overall: 108 x 23.5 cm (42 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16774
Provenance
Collector Prof. Louis Agassiz (1878)
Collector Hassler Expedition (1878)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1878)

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